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PAT McCRORY
GOVERNOR
WORLD AIDS DAY
2016
BY THE GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA
A PROCLAMATION
WHEREAS, there are approximately 36,800 persons in North Carolina living with HIV or AIDS and
approximately 4,200 are unaware of their infection; and
WHEREAS, each year on World AIDS Day, the global community comes together to fight this
devastating pandemic, remember family and friends we have lost, stand with an estimated 36 million people
living with HIV/ AIDS and renew our commitment to preventing the spread of this virus; and
WHEREAS, according to the 2015 North Carolina HIV/STD Surveillance Report, 1,336 adults and
adolescents were diagnosed with HIV. and North Carolina is ranked 7th in the United States in the number of
newly diagnosed HIV cases; and
WHEREAS, there is no cure for the HIV infection, however effective treatment with antiretroviral
drugs can control the virus so that transmission does not occur and people with HIV can enjoy healthy and
productive lives; and
WHEREAS, the State of North Carolina joins all local health departments, HIV/AIDS community
based organizations, local hospitals, HIV infectious disease doctors and other community and faith based allies
in supporting efforts to improve education, prevention, research and community service to stop the spread of
HIV/AIDS;
NOW, THEREFORE, I, PAT McCRORY, Governor of the State of North Carolina, do hereby
proclaim December 1, 2016, as "WORLD AIDS DAY" in North Carolina, and commend its observance to all
citizens.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Great Seal of the State of
North Carolina at the Capitol in Raleigh this twenty-eighth day of November in the year of our Lord two
thousand and sixteen, and of the Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and forty-first.
@c~~ Governor

~faft of ~nrf4 @arnlina
PAT McCRORY
GOVERNOR
WORLD AIDS DAY
2016
BY THE GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA
A PROCLAMATION
WHEREAS, there are approximately 36,800 persons in North Carolina living with HIV or AIDS and
approximately 4,200 are unaware of their infection; and
WHEREAS, each year on World AIDS Day, the global community comes together to fight this
devastating pandemic, remember family and friends we have lost, stand with an estimated 36 million people
living with HIV/ AIDS and renew our commitment to preventing the spread of this virus; and
WHEREAS, according to the 2015 North Carolina HIV/STD Surveillance Report, 1,336 adults and
adolescents were diagnosed with HIV. and North Carolina is ranked 7th in the United States in the number of
newly diagnosed HIV cases; and
WHEREAS, there is no cure for the HIV infection, however effective treatment with antiretroviral
drugs can control the virus so that transmission does not occur and people with HIV can enjoy healthy and
productive lives; and
WHEREAS, the State of North Carolina joins all local health departments, HIV/AIDS community
based organizations, local hospitals, HIV infectious disease doctors and other community and faith based allies
in supporting efforts to improve education, prevention, research and community service to stop the spread of
HIV/AIDS;
NOW, THEREFORE, I, PAT McCRORY, Governor of the State of North Carolina, do hereby
proclaim December 1, 2016, as "WORLD AIDS DAY" in North Carolina, and commend its observance to all
citizens.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Great Seal of the State of
North Carolina at the Capitol in Raleigh this twenty-eighth day of November in the year of our Lord two
thousand and sixteen, and of the Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and forty-first.
@c~~ Governor